diff --git a/jdk/src/share/classes/sun/launcher/LauncherHelper.java b/jdk/src/share/classes/sun/launcher/LauncherHelper.java
index dc89f23da71..cba795968c6 100644
--- a/jdk/src/share/classes/sun/launcher/LauncherHelper.java
+++ b/jdk/src/share/classes/sun/launcher/LauncherHelper.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2007, 2009, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2007, 2010, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ public enum LauncherHelper {
         Method method = null;
         try {
             method = clazz.getMethod("main", String[].class);
-        } catch (Exception e) {
+        } catch (NoSuchMethodException nsme) {
             ostream.println(getLocalizedMessage("java.launcher.cls.error4",
                     classname));
             throw new RuntimeException("Main method not found in " + classname);
@@ -225,8 +225,7 @@ public enum LauncherHelper {
             throw new RuntimeException("Main method is not static in class " +
                     classname);
         }
-        Class<?> rType = method.getReturnType();
-        if (!rType.isPrimitive() || !rType.getName().equals("void")) {
+        if (method.getReturnType() != java.lang.Void.TYPE) {
             ostream.println(getLocalizedMessage("java.launcher.cls.error3",
                     classname));
             throw new RuntimeException("Main method must return a value" +
diff --git a/jdk/test/tools/launcher/VerifyExceptions.java b/jdk/test/tools/launcher/VerifyExceptions.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..166ffff9b1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jdk/test/tools/launcher/VerifyExceptions.java
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2010, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * @test
+ * @bug 6856415
+ * @summary Checks to ensure that proper exceptions are thrown by java
+ * @compile -XDignore.symbol.file VerifyExceptions.java TestHelper.java
+ * @run main VerifyExceptions
+ */
+
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
+
+
+public class VerifyExceptions {
+
+    static void test6856415() {
+        // No pkcs library on win-x64, so we bail out.
+        if (TestHelper.is64Bit && TestHelper.isWindows) {
+            return;
+        }
+        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
+        sb.append("public static void main(String... args) {\n");
+        sb.append("java.security.Provider p = new sun.security.pkcs11.SunPKCS11(args[0]);\n");
+        sb.append("java.security.Security.insertProviderAt(p, 1);\n");
+        sb.append("}");
+        File testJar = new File("Foo.jar");
+        testJar.delete();
+        try {
+            TestHelper.createJar(testJar, sb.toString());
+        } catch (FileNotFoundException fnfe) {
+            throw new RuntimeException(fnfe);
+        }
+        TestHelper.TestResult tr = TestHelper.doExec(TestHelper.javacCmd,
+                "-Djava.security.manager", "-jar", testJar.getName(), "foo.bak");
+        tr.checkNegative();
+        tr.contains("Exception in thread \"main\" java.security.AccessControlException: access denied (\"java.lang.RuntimePermission\" \"accessClassInPackage.sun.security.pkcs11\")\")");
+    }
+
+    public static void main(String... args) {
+        test6856415();
+    }
+}